2024-03-29T14:06:49+00:00https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/921595/format/qrcodehttps://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/921595/format/jsonhttps://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/921595/format/xmlhttps://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/921595/format/geojsonhttps://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/921595/format/pdfhttps://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/921595/format/rdfhttps://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/921595921595YORYM-F6CC6CPAS5BBF6CC6001CC3SPINDLE WHORL11.111.630.21YMT : E057242UNKNOWN-8001900A complete stone spindle whorl of uncertain date. The object is made of a flint. It has been shaped through covering, scaled retouching on one side and the edges. The other side retains its natural, smooth surface until it meets the covering, scaled retuching at the edges. A sub-circular central perforation is present. The end of the perforation on the worked side of the spindle whorl is wider than the end of the perforation on the unworked side, suggesting that the hole was drilled from the worked side. The spindle whorl is undecorated.
The spindle whorl is 30.2mm in diameter, 11.6mm thick and weighs 11.1g.
Similar objects have been recorded on the database as SOMDOR-EEBBA3, YORYM-FCAD23, and NLM-2D13CF.
Spindle whorls were commonly used from the Iron Age through to the Post-Medieval period and are difficult to date with any certainty. Geoff Egan suggests that the cheaper, possibly home-made, ceramic and bone spindle whorls were displaced by purposefully manufactured stone examples in the Medieval period. It is possible, then, that the home-made nature of this spindle whorl suggests an Iron Age to Early-Medieval date, although the lack of contextual evidence means that this cannot be stated with any certainty.
Ref: Egan, G., 1998 The Medieval Household: Daily Living c.1150-c.1450 (Medieval Finds from Excavations in London) London: The Stationery Office p.255ff.2018-10-11 16:31:182018-10-22 12:37:57411Certain111636PAS5BBF6CC6001CC324YORYMStone11794CompleteGoodIRON AGEIAx13992p0gjgrst8ftPOST MEDIEVALPMx41047p0gjgrs6sgxChance find during metal detectingCircaCirca9201602563544392563541430SE8842SE8842SE84SE53.86676196-0.6632605861001030623CW0456.jpg5347903Unknown : Spindle Whorl.York Museums Trust4images/ertilley/Yorkshire and the HumberCharacter undeterminedCultivated landEuropean RegionUnitary AuthorityEast Riding of YorkshireUnitary AuthorityEast Riding of YorkshireCivil Parish53.856-0.671008Market WeightonReturned to finder97061